| 100% | HOMESTRETCH | 11 | Last part of a race...and what 24, 39 and 51 Across do to some letters contained in 18 Across? |
| 45% | FETCH | 5 | What a dog may do to the last parts of 17- and 51-Across and 11- and 25-Down |
| 42% | GAPYEARS | 8 | Some breaks in education, and a hint to portions of 1-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 40% | PLAYINGWITHFIRE | 15 | Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across |
| 40% | ISMELLARAT | 10 | Suspicious comment ... and a hint to what's hidden in 18-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across |
| 39% | JOINHANDS | 9 | Instruction before a group prayer, or, when parsed differently, an apt description of what 18-, 24-, 51-, and 59-Across do |
| 37% | PHOTOFINISH | 11 | End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be |
| 37% | NO | 2 | With 38-Across, what a two-letter answer is in a crossword, usually ... or a hint to 20-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across |
| 37% | FOURCORNERS | 11 | Landmark in the Southwest, and collective description of the beginnings of 18-, 24-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 36% | BEERCHASER | 10 | Half a boilermaker ... and what's aptly hidden in 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 36% | TOUCHBASE | 9 | Stay in contact, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 24-, 39- and 50-Across |
| 35% | HEADSOFSTATE | 12 | Country leaders, and along with names in parentheses, a hint to 18-, 24-, 39- and 49-Across |
| 35% | STOCKHOLDER | 11 | Typical annual meeting attendee ... or what 18-, 24- and 51-Across each can be, in a way |
| 35% | RESERVE | 7 | What one can do to the last parts of 17- and 58-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 35% | THROW | 5 | What one might do to the last parts of 17- and 60-Across and 11- and 28-Down |
| 35% | SHAREACAB | 9 | Split the taxi fare ... and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across |
| 35% | ANIFORANEYE | 11 | Misinterpretation of a biblical code ... or the key to answering 18-, 24-, 40- and 51-Across |
| 35% | TWISTEDMIND | 11 | Trait for an evil genius ... and a hint to what can literally be found in 17-, 23-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 35% | WHATSTHEBIGDEAL | 15 | "Why so worried?" (and a hint to the last words of 17-, 24-, 51- and 64-Across) |
| 35% | AREYOUOKAY | 10 | Query of concern … or a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters appearing in 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 35% | CAST | 4 | Throw, and what you can do to the first words of 17-, 24-, 39-, 47- and 58-Across |
| 35% | FOODFIGHT | 9 | What could cause a mess in a mess, and a hint to 18-, 24-, 57- and 63-Across |
| 35% | SKIPPINGTOWN | 12 | Leaving in a hurry . . . or what can be found in each of 18-, 25-, 38-, and 51-Across? |
| 34% | CROSSPARTYLINES | 15 | Act in a bipartisan way, and what the circled letters do Across and Down |
| 34% | STAKEOUT | 8 | Police operation ... or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across? |
| 34% | FUSEBOXES | 9 | Electrical panels found in older homes … or what 18-, 24-, 35- and 53-Across do (regarding each half of each answer)? |
| 34% | CARBONOFFSET | 12 | Purported counterbalance for greenhouse-gas emissions . . . or a description of the wordplay in 18-, 27-, 39-, and 51-Across |
| 34% | OPENFORBUSINESS | 15 | Sign outside a new store, or what the first words of 18-, 24-, 52-, and 59-Across can do? |
| 34% | DEVIOUS | 7 | Sly, and a phonetic hint to the pattern in the last words of 17-, 24-, 42-, and 58-Across |
| 34% | THEEND | 6 | With 39-Across, doomsayer's assertion ... or a phonetic hint to 18-, 24-, 51- and 61-Across |